This article describes how to install Varnish 4 with Drupal 7 on Ubuntu 16.04. The procedure is similar to installing Varnish 3 in my Drupal recipe, but the update to Varnish 4 requires a few changes. These are described below. Installing Varnish 4 Run apt-get install varnish. Then ensure your /etc/default/varnish has the correct startup […]
Using Varnish and Pound together is a relatively easy way to ensure the Varnish cache works for both SSL and non-SSL web sites. Varnish is a general-purpose web cache that can make your web sites and applications run substantially faster for your visitors while reducing the overall load on your web server. It works by […]
Note: The below instructions are for Varnish 3 on Ubuntu 12. If you want to run Drupal with Varnish 4 on Ubuntu 16, updated instructions are here. So, you want to set up Nginx and Drupal with all the bells and whistles on Ubuntu Server 12.04. You want caching for both PHP and Varnish and […]